India vs New Zealand 3rd Test, Wellington, Live Scores, Live Streaming,Watch Online
The 3rd test Match between India and New Zealand will begin in Wellington from Friday, Apr 3,09 . Start time 11.00am local (22.00 GMT) India time 3 am.
Check out the IPL Schedule with Date and Time
History beckons India when they take the field in the 3rd Test at the Basin Reserve stadium in Wellington. They have won Test series in England, West Indies, and Pakistan in the last decade and now here they have the chance to add New Zealand to that list.
Apply for Indian Railway Jobs
Watch Kareena Kapoor in Bikini in ‘Kambakht Ishk’
India have to just draw this test to win the series. India won the 1st test at Hamilton and lead the 3 match series 1-0. New Zealand have won all the last 4 tests against India in this ground.
LIVE CRICKET STREAMING – WATCH CRICKET ONLINE FREE
(9 options)
Pitch conditions
The Basin Reserve has been one of New Zealand’s favorite hunting grounds, Dhoni said he was "expecting a green track" and was "a bit surprised" at the pitch. "Looks like a nice track, so the bowlers will have to put in a hard job again. If batsmen are careful and their approach is good, you may see big scores on the board."
Wellington Weather
Fine weather is predicted for tomorrow while there might be isolated showers on the 4th and 5th days of the match
India (likely): 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Yuvraj Singh, 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk)/Dinesh Karthik, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Munaf Patel.
New Zealand (likely): 1 Tim McIntosh, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Daniel Flynn/Jamie How, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Jesse Ryder, 6 James Franklin, 7 Brendon McCullum (wk), 8 Daniel Vettori (capt), 9 Jeetan Patel/Kyle Mills/Tim Southee, 10 Iain O’Brien, 11 Chris Martin.
Vettori said "I haven’t seen a Basin wicket as brown as this and as dry as this ever before," it is expected that the pitch may break up as the match progresses which will play into India’s hands.
"We certainly don’t do any strategising around playing for a draw. We want to go and win every Test match and that’s going to be our intention in this one." Gary Kirsten, the India coach, said his team will not play to protect their lead.
